Re: People and Statistics

At 02:39 PM 5/6/2004 +0000, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Can you imagine a scenario where the government of your country (wherever
>you live) makes decisions of national importance affecting each and every
>one of you based on the results of a voter survey of 1000 or even 10,000
>individuals?
Not election (this survey is not an election) but certainly decisions that
affect us all. Try the Nielson Ratings system. 5000 households represent
the entire demographics of the US.
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